Eastmont Middle’s Moss Named Runner-up in Utah Teacher of the Year Contest
Shortly after Emma Moss found out Thursday, Oct. 1 that the Utah State Board of Education named her as a runner-up for the 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year award, she had one of those days that is sure to rank as a highlight of her career. Since Moss was named as the 2020 Canyons […]
Chase the Winter Doldrums with these Spring Plays
From the second star to the right to an enchanted florist with a horrific plant. From a campy roller skate crew to a cursed castle haunted by a doomed prince, Canyons District’s middle schools and high schools are bringing plenty of excitement your way this spring to shake you out of the winter doldrums. Check […]
Former Eastmont Principal receives Patriot Award
As a Staff Sargeant for the U.S. National Guard, Ryan Miller has two jobs: perform missions for his unit sometimes for weeks at a time and teach seventh- and eighth-grade science at Eastmont Middle School. Thanks to the support of Stacy Kurtzhals, former principal of Eastmont, Miller’s transition between deployment and working in […]
Sixth graders to get a taste of middle school
For sixth-graders, making the leap to middle school is a big transition but it doesn’t have to be a scary one. For nine years, Canyons District’s middle schools have opened their doors a day early to incoming 11- and 12-year-olds. This year’s middle-school orientation will be held the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 22, giving […]
Middle Schools Prepare for Intramurals Cross Country Meet
On your mark, get set, go: The fifth-annual Canyons District Intramurals Cross Country Championship Meet will be Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014 at Eastmont Middle, 10100 S. 1300 East. The event starts at 9 a.m. with a Parade of Athletes. At the race, the top three girls and three boys from each of Canyons District’s eight […]
Orientations Aim to Ease First-Day Jitters for First-Timers at Middle, High Schools
Canyons District wants to ease the first-day-of-school jitters for students who are entering middle and high school this year. To the end of helping students acclimate to their new, bigger surroundings, all CSD middle and high schools are hosting orientations for secondary-school first-timers on Aug. 19 the day before the official first day of the […]
Crews hard at work on summer construction, renovation projects
Mount Jordan is rising. The first steel beams that will gird the weight of the new middle school are now standing tall at the construction site where crews have been working since 2013. The new school, which is on target to open in fall 2015, was made possible by a $250 million bond that voters approved […]
Eastmont Recycles Ton of Paper; ‘America Recycles Day’ Friday
Eastmont Middle School is akin to Canyons School District’s poster child for Utah’s premiere “America Recycles Day” event. Eastmont’s faculty and staff last week received a free dinner, as well as reusable water bottles, for recycling more than 1 ton of paper products in 14 days of Canyons School District’s “Reduce Your Waste” contest. In spring […]
CSD Plans Middle School Orientations For 6th, 7th Grades
Perhaps you remember what it was like: The wide hallways, lockers that wouldn’t open, trying to wend your way from class to class. The first day of middle school is, for most people, an experience they wouldn’t want to repeat. Canyons wants to change that by hosting half-day orientations for CSD’s middle-school first-timers on Aug. 15 […]
Union, Indian Hills Net Most 1st Place Wins At Hoops Tourney
At the same time NCAA athletes were hustling for a national hoops championship, aspiring Sweet 16ers from Canyons District middle schools were hitting the court in their own version of March Madness. Union and Indian Hills both ran away with two first-place trophies in the District’s Middle School 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Boys and girls teams […]
